Racine Carrée

Racine Carrée, made by Anatole Lebreton in 2021, is an earthy, rooty woody fragrance built around vetiver and vegetables. Wood is the defining impression for everyone who describes it, and about half also notice green, floral and amber facets.

The name means square root, and roots are the theme. Carrot brings a sweet, earthy, slightly powdery note, often found alongside iris, while celery adds a green, savoury, almost salty freshness. Clary sage and chamomile give an herbal, hay-like softness, and licorice a dark, aniseed sweetness. Iris contributes a cool, powdery floral tone. The base is grounded in vetiver, including Haitian vetiver, grassy and smoky, and cypriol, earthy and rooty, with ambroxan adding a clean, mineral radiance.

Worn by anyone, it suits people who enjoy unconventional, vegetal fragrances that smell of soil and roots rather than flowers. The profile points to autumn and spring, daytime and quiet moments, and it will appeal most to lovers of independent perfumery and earthy iris-vetiver compositions.

Racine Carrée — unisex fragrance by Anatole Lebreton (released 2021). Notes: Ambroxan, Carrot, Celery, Chamomile, Clary Sage, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Haitian Vetiver, Iris, Licorice, Vetiver. — Parfica open fragrance database